Number of Americans who ID as Republican has dropped 5 points since election

Trump could not hollow out his own party more effectively if he tried.

Identifying as a Republican is massively unfashionable these days.

That’s the finding of the latest Gallup poll, which shows that the number of people who identify as Republican has cratered since the election of Donald Trump:

What Trump has done to the Republican Party and what Republicans have done to themselves: a 5-point drop in the percent of Americans who identify as Republican. Another harbinger of bad things to come electorally for GOP in 2018. pic.twitter.com/GLILQDFMxB

Democrats have, in most Gallup polls, outnumbered Republicans since the mid-Obama years. But the 5-point drop in GOP identification since 2016 is an ominous sign for Republicans as they struggle to hold onto the House in next year’s midterms.

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